A Vision for Early Childhood in Massachusetts:
A comprehensive system that equitably centers families with young children in services and systems that impact them, ensuring that their basic needs are met.
This vision includes:
Easily- accessed, affordable
support for parents and caregivers of young children (e.g., parenting support, home visiting, economic and employment assistance) in a language and medium that works for them, recognizing that the youngest children come with grown-ups attached.
High- quality, culturally responsive, affordable, and geographically accessible
child care
that meets all families’ needs and desires.
Qualified
early childhood professionals
who receive competitive, family-sustaining wages and benefits, and have access to career and compensation advancement through multiple pathways.
Significant
increases in public and private sector financial commitments which would positively impact the broken system of child care that currently unfairly burdens both families of young children and the early childhood workforce.
Infrastructure - both technological and physical - at the local and state levels that supports families as they navigate early childhood systems and services, creating
“no wrong door” for families to use to access what they need for their children.
Publicly available, disaggregated, equitable, current
data
that is accessible to both policymakers and families and is used to drive and inform decision-making.
A representative
seat at policy and regulatory decision-making tables
at all levels of government for those most closely impacted by early childhood issues to address system improvement and redesign.
Get Involved!
Advocates
FOR CHANGE
Business
COMMUNITY
Join businesses in supporting high-quality early childhood education with the
Massachusetts Business Coalition for Early Childhood Education
Philanthropic
COMMUNITY
Explore philanthropic opportunities for systems change with the
Massachusetts Early Childhood Funder Collaborative
